80 miles a day

This past week I came down with a throat virus. Nothing serious but it made me a bit weak. I actually didn't get on the bike once as I tried to adhere to Grandma Rosie's advice of not trying to do everything at once. It has been a slow week because of this. This past weekend I passed by body weight in urine and I spent the first hour of Sunday morning coughing up an entire lung's worth of green gunk. But by Sunday afternoon I decided that I had had enough of this sitting around and decided it was time to get back on the bike. I eased back into my routine with a 40K ride on Sunday afternoon and this week I plan to really kick out a good amount of miles as I regain my strength and attack the bike with a fresh pair of legs. The task of finishing is looking daunting now as I'm approaching a necessity of around 80 miles a day to finish by the time I leave this city.

But in the words of Coldplay, I maintain the refrain, "Just because I'm losing, doesn't mean I'm Lost!"